2012: Top 10 movies of the year, by Matt Pais

2012: Top 10 movies of the year, by Matt Pais

Paramount

5. "Not Fade Away" Can a coming-of-age movie still feel original? Can a film about music and starting a band deserve to be in the same time zone of a recent classic like "Almost Famous"? With his feature writing-directing debut, David Chase ("The Sopranos") says a resounding "yes" with a drama in which the feeling of being young, inspired and changing by the minute practically leaps off the screen.

5. "Not Fade Away" Can a coming-of-age movie still feel original? Can a film about music and starting a band deserve to be in the same time zone of a recent classic like "Almost Famous"? With his feature writing-directing debut, David Chase ("The Sopranos") says a resounding "yes" with a drama in which the feeling of being young, inspired and changing by the minute practically leaps off the screen. (Paramount)

5. "Not Fade Away" Can a coming-of-age movie still feel original? Can a film about music and starting a band deserve to be in the same time zone of a recent classic like "Almost Famous"? With his feature writing-directing debut, David Chase ("The Sopranos") says a resounding "yes" with a drama in which the feeling of being young, inspired and changing by the minute practically leaps off the screen.